Exodus 5:6
That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:
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- Exod 5:19 : 19 The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told,“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
- Exod 5:10 : 10 So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said,“Thus says Pharaoh:‘I am not giving you straw.
- Exod 5:13-15 : 13 The slave masters were pressuring them, saying,“Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!” 14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?” 15 The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
- Exod 1:11 : 11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said,“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Num 11:16 : 16 The Response of God The LORD said to Moses,“Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.
- Deut 1:15 : 15 So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
- Deut 16:18 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
- Josh 8:33 : 33 All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the LORD’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.
- Josh 24:1 : 1 Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
- Josh 24:4 : 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- 2 Chr 26:11 : 11 Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official.
- Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
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- Exod 5:7-1610 verses85%
7 “You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.
8 But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying,‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’
9 Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”
10 So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said,“Thus says Pharaoh:‘I am not giving you straw.
11 You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
12 So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.
13 The slave masters were pressuring them, saying,“Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”
14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked,“Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past– both yesterday and today?”
15 The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
16 No straw is given to your servants, but we are told,‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.”
- Exod 5:4-52 verses84%
4 The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”
5 Pharaoh was thinking,“The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”
- Exod 5:18-203 verses81%
18 So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”
19 The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told,“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
20 When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,
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11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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5 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”
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13 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
- Exod 6:10-112 verses75%
10 Then the LORD said to Moses,
11 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”
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34 Pharaoh should do this– he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
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20 The Fourth Blow: Flies The LORD said to Moses,“Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Release my people that they may serve me!
- Exod 6:28-292 verses74%
28 The Authentication of the Word When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 he said to him,“I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses,“Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
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13 The Seventh Blow: Hail The LORD said to Moses,“Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him,‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:“Release my people so that they may serve me!
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22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,“All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”
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31 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said,“Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the LORD as you have requested!
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6 Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?
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19 I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,
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15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
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1 (7:26) Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“Release my people in order that they may serve me!
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1 The Fifth Blow: Disease Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh and tell him,‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said,“Release my people that they may serve me!
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1 Opposition to the Plan of God Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said,‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the wilderness.’”
- Exod 10:6-72 verses72%
6 They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been in the land until this day!’” Then Moses turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s servants said to him,“How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?”
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11 Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day: